Car-coupling



(No Model.)

T. R. MORGAN, G. RUP & D. DAVIS.

CAR COUPLING.

Patented Oct. 2, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicn.

OHIO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,054, dated October 2, 1883. Application filed June 52?, 188. (No model.)

.To' (LZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS R. MORGAN,

GUY RUF, and DAVID DAVIS, all of Jackson,

in the county of Jackson and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Couplings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exaet..description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of a part of our improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the other part of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of a part of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the other part of the same. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a part of the same.

The object of this invention to facilitate the coupling and uncoupling of freight-cars.

The invention consists in a car-coupli ng constructed with a draw-head having a slot in the lower side, the coupling-hook pivoted in the interior of the draw-head and kept in place by a plate attached to the draw-beams, and to which is pivoted the bent lever, provided with a rod extending to the top of the car, and with a notched latch-bar and a catch. The coup ling-hook is held down by a spring, to prevent the coupling from becoming accidentally uncoupled, as will behereinatter fully described.

A representsthe car-frame.

B is the draw-head, the mouth of which is made flaring or hopper shaped, and with a longer bevelorli p upon thelower side, as shown in Fig; 1.

O is the coupling-hook, which is inserted through a slot in the lower side of the drawhead B, and has pivots 1) upon its sides,\\"hich work in recesses in the draw-head B at the sides of the slot in which the said hook is placed.

The forward end of the hook G is beveled upon the lower side, so that it will be raised by the entering link 1T, coupling the cars au- IOlllZLtlCfLll y.

The forward end of the hook Ois held down by a small spring, E attached to the upper part of the draw-head B, and which rests upon the upper side of the forward end of the said hook, as shown in Fig. 1, to prevent the forward end of thehook G from jumping up when jarred and uncoupling the cars accidentally.

The rear end of the hook O is made wedgeshaped, and upon it is placed a small slotted block, F, whichis kept in place by a plate, G, sliding in grooved shoulders upon the lower side of the draw-head B.

The forward end of the block F rests against the rear sides of the hook-pivots D, and thus holds the hook O securely in place. \Vith this construction, by removing the block F the hook C can be drawn rearward and downward, and thus removed through the bottom slot of the draw-head B.

The couplinghook C is kept in place in the draw-head B by a plate, H, attached to the lower side of the draw-beams 1. One end of the plate H projects, and has an eye formed in it, to serve as a bearing for the lever J, the forward arm of which is bent inward beneath the draw-head B, and has its end bent upward beneath'the forward part of the hook (J, so that the said hook can be raised to unconple the cars by operating the lever J. The rear arm of the lever J is bent upward and then inward, so as to be above the draw head B, and its end isbent downward, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to come in contact with the timbers of the car-frame, to prevent the said end from dropping down too far.

To the lever J, near the end of its rear arm, is attached the lower end of a rod, K, which extends up to the top of the car, so that the cars can be readily uncoupled from the said top of the car.

To the rear arm of the lever J, at or near its upper bend, is hinged the end of a latchbar, L, which passes through a staple, M, or other catch attached to the end of the carbody. The latch bar L has notches in its lower side to engage with the staple or catch M, to lock the lever in position when holding the coupling-hook raised, so that the cars can be run together without coupling when desired.

The outer end of the latch L has a handle formed upon it for convenience in operating the said latch to allow the hook Oto drop into coupling position, and to adapt the said latch to be used for uncoupling the cars from the side of the track when desired.

\Vith this construction the coupling can be IOC arranged to couple or not to couple when the cars are run together, and can be operated to uncouple the cars from thetop of a car, or from the side of the track, as may be convenient.

A hole to receive a coupling-pin is formed through each draw-head, so that in case a coupling-hook should break it can be removed in the manner hereinbefore described, and the coupling made with an ordinary coupling-pin.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 7 1. A car-coupling constructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of the draw-head B, having a slot in its lower side, the coupling-hook O, the lock-plate H, and the bent lever J, the rod K, and the latch: bar and catch L M, .as set forth.

2. In a can-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head B, having a slot in its lower side, and the coupling-hook O, of the lockingplate H, the bent lever J and the rod K,

substantially as herein shown and described,

whereby the cars can be uncoupled from the top of the car, as set forth. 25

3. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-headB, having a'slot in its lower side, and the coupling-hook C, of the plate H, the lever J, the notched latch-bar L, and the staple M, substantially as herein shown and deseribed,whereby the coupling can be locked in an uncoupled position and canbe uncoupled from the side of the track, as set forth.

4. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head B and the coupling-hook C, of 5 the slotted block F and the slide G, substantially as herein shown and described.

THOMAS H. MORGAN;

GUY RUF. DAVID DAVIS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. Soo'rr, JOHN W. J OHNs N. 

